Kids of all ages need breaks, especially your middle school students. Learn from BrainPOPers about brain breaks for middle school students that you can start in your classroom today.
Continue Reading5 Ways Creative Coding Boosts Your Instruction on BrainPOP
Teachers love Creative Coding for a reason: in addition to helping you hit those computer literacy and ISTE computational thinking standards, it’s full of instructional benefits that’ll help your learners comprehend the content—while building their computational thinking skills.
Continue Reading8 Reasons Why Teachers Who Grew Up on BrainPOP Choose it in Their Classrooms Today
25 years after it began, a generation of students who grew up on BrainPOP are now BrainPOP teachers. We spoke to three educators to learn why they still choose BrainPOP to empower and engage their own students decades later.
Continue ReadingWhy Teaching About Civics Matters—No Matter What Subject You Teach
Teaching civics isn’t just a matter of teaching isolated concepts: it gives students the background knowledge and critical thinking skills to participate inside and outside the classroom.
Continue Reading3 Reasons AI Should Be Part of Your Digital Citizenship Lessons
AI literacy is essential for your digital citizenship curriculum to prepare students to approach Artificial Intelligence safely, critically, and ethically.
Continue ReadingThe Power of CER: Strategies to Engage Middle School Students in Evidence-Based Writing
By embracing CER, you’re not just teaching evidence-based writing skills—you’re igniting curiosity and empowering students to become confident, critical thinkers.
Continue ReadingHow to Plan and Create a Lesson on BrainPOP Science
Whether you need a 10-minute differentiated activity or a full class’ worth of material, here’s an end-to-end breakdown of how to plan and assign your BrainPOP Science lesson.
Continue ReadingGive Active Learning a Boost with Background Knowledge
By embracing the power of technology, and prioritizing building background knowledge and active learning in classrooms, we can create more engaging and effective learning experiences for all students.
Continue Reading10 Brain Breaks for Elementary Students
Jump into our must-haves from our former educators and BrainPOPers on some essential brain breaks for elementary students to try today.
Continue ReadingIntroducing BrainPOP (3-8)’s New-and-Improved Topic Page
We’ve reorganized (and added to!) the teacher topic page so you can get right to what matters most: teaching.
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